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The Northgate Flames (2-3, 3-3) hit the road last Friday night, and took a big step toward dispelling the belief that they are not a second half team. The Flames came from behind in the third quarter and played solid defense in the fourth to hold on to a 22-20 win against the Brentwood Spartans (1-3, 2-4).

The Flames began the game on offense with Stephon Adams under center. Northgate orchestrated a 14-play drive from their 30-yard line to the Brentwood 26 before turning it over on downs, and the drive ate up over seven minutes of clock.

Enough was enough last Friday night when the Northgate Flames (1-3, 2-3) decided to turn up the heat and claim their first conference win against the OUr Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers (0-4, 0-5). The Flames put up 35 unanswered points in the second half to set the Chargers ablaze in a 49-7 victory.

The Flames’ defense set the tone early, and behind the play of Jon Lenoski, Tyler Lenhart and Perry Dorsey, the Chargers were forced to go three-and-out on their first series.

For the second week in a row, the Northgate Flames (0-3, 1-3) jumped out to a commanding first half lead only to be stymied on offense in the second half and have the victory ripped from their grasp.

Northgate lost 23 - 13 last Friday night after the Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers (1-2, 2-2) held the Flames scoreless in the second half. The loss leaves Northgate winless in the Black Hills Conference.

Northgate was on fire last Friday night when they lit up the Vincentian Royals, winning 33-14 in a non-conference match-up at Stone Field in North Park.

Coach T. J. Wiley wanted to build on the second half momentum from the prior week’s North Catholic game, saying, "What we stressed all week was that we started slow and then played a whale of a second half, and we wanted to build on that positive."